2018 Generally News Today

And the treasury is also announced in the last week it will issue more debt. this is at the same time the federal reserve is raising interest rates and not buying that debt any more. they are allowing balance -- their bloated balance sheet to shrink. all of that puts upward pressure on rates. >> lets talk about expectations. because so much of investment is expectations. we sort of knew the fed was looking to increase rates, lets call it three times in 2018. generally speaking, a quarter of a pe...

Joel rubin. couple of mid westerners here. lets start with you, my friend, if we can, kirstin. whats your thought of these numbers? are they real? because some folks are saying, look at the polls in 2016, they werent very solid. >> theyre real right now, thats what polls always are, a snapshot in time. we understand that, and they can change quickly. you have a lot of competing factors in 2018. generally a presidents party loses 32 seats in the house and 2 senators. thats about the average with ...